This eid PTCL gives special call discounts to enjoy your time with your loved ones across the country, throughout the world. With PTCL Eid Offer now you can call 16 countries at only Rs. 2 per min and enjoy Local and NWD calls for only Rs.1 per min.

Offer Details:

• Customers can make On-net Local and NWD calls for only Rs.1 per minute
• Customer can make use of PTCL’s Conference Call feature enabling three people to talk simultaneously (within Pakistan and Internationally)
• Call 16 International destinations for only Rs. 2 per minute

Customers can avail international call offer to call following countries:

• Fixed + Mobile: Canada, China, Hong Kong, USA
• Fixed Only: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, UK

PTCL employees resumed their duties from Tuesday 7th September by ending the strike.

PTCL management welcomed back the striking employees and made special arrangements to ensure that all employees who have resumed their duties should get their salaries and bonuses before Eid to ensure that the employees and their families celebrate the Eid in its true spirit.

While at the same time the employees resumed their duties with resolve and commitment to rectify faults and reinstate the telecommunication services to the maximum, a huge number of faults were rectified on Tuesday and most of the faults would be addressed in the next few days.

The management welcomed this positive development and hoped that employees will continue to perform their duty with dedication in the best interest of the company especially in these difficult times that the country is going through.

Mobilink StockPro developed in collaboration with IGI Securities offers its subscribers the ability to view live stock data in Karachi Stock Exchange and if you have a trading account with IGI Securities, it also allows you to trade as well!

Now, Mobilink customers can remain connected to Stock Exchange via Blackberry or any other Java enabled mobile device, with the help of Mobilink StockPro. So where ever you are or even while you are on the move, you can view and trade your stocks at ease and convenience with Mobilink StockPro!

For more information about Mobilink StockPro, visit http://www.mobilinkgsm.com/about/stockpro.php

Requirements to use this application:

1. Jazz or Indigo Customer
2. Any mobile phone with GPRS & Java support and MIDP v2.0
3. GPRS subscription
4. Account with IGI Securities for Trading

Other Features:

Quote Request:

An option by which users can request any symbol rate and related market information. The quote symbol could be any symbol not part of the subscribed list.

Change Subscription List:

Users can add or remove any symbol from the subscription list. While adding a symbol, application will not permit to exceed the subscription limit which is up to 10 scripts at a time. Users can remove any symbol from the subscription list by pressing removing button.

Volume Leader Screen:

Users can view the top 10 market leaders by volume at any given time.

Top Gainers/Losers Screen

Top Gainers Losers Screen displays top 5 gainers and top 5 losers of current market.

Help Screen

Help screen includes description of entire Screens in Stock pro application.

Change Password Screen

User can change password at any time by providing the old password

Expanding the portfolio of value added services, Mobilink now introduces “International JAZZ Load” in collaboration with ezetop for its valued customers. You can top-up the JAZZ Connection of your loved ones in Pakistan, from UK, USA, Spain, UAE and Saudi Arabia. This service will soon be available in more international destinations.

To send JAZZ Load to Pakistan, just go to any of the ezetop affiliated retailer/money exchange near you OR visit www.ezetop.com and recharge JAZZ balance for anyone in Pakistan by following few simple steps mentioned below:

Through Retailer/Money Exchange:

• Go to any ezetop affiliated retailer/money exchange
• Request the agent/retailer to send top-up to any JAZZ Number in Pakistan
• Inform the agent/retailer of the amount and JAZZ Number
• Pay cash to agent/retailer

Through Website:

• Visit www.ezetop.com
• Register with ezetop website
• Select Pakistan as country and JAZZ as operator
• Enter the JAZZ Number and select the amount to top-up
• Enter the credit/debit card information and complete the transaction

For more details about JAZZ Load International visit www.mobilinkgsm.com/internationaltopup .

Customers from abroad may contact following numbers for ezetop customer support:

• UK: 02078707976
• UAE: 042146315
• Saudi Arabia: 0550412342, 059-9656650

The WCA are the most prestigious telecom awards around the globe and as some may call it, the Oscar of the telecom industry. Ufone is one of seven companies worldwide, and the only one in Pakistan to have been shortlisted for ‘The Best Brand 2010’. This is indeed a great feat and a moment of pride for both Ufone and Pakistan.
 
Ufone’s nomination should be no surprise, When it comes to originality and innovation, no one does it better than Ufone. This nomination is a result of the risky but innovative strategies they have employed throughout the years. The original humor they employ in their adverts is just one such strategy which is now vainly being copied by the rest of the market.

At a time when standard advertisements were the name of the game Ufone came forward and took a risk; it formulated everyday humor into its adverts and  won the hearts of millions. Today Ufone advertisements are awaited by viewers of all ages and social classes to see how the next concept will bring yet another smile to all with its uniquely humorous communication. After this nomination Ufone has not only made its mark locally but internationally as well.
 
Mr. Akbar Khan Chief Marketing Officer Ufone said at a time when distress has over-ridden the country, this news comes as a source of inspiration and great pride for Pakistanis. Ufone thanks all its customers for their loyalty and support without whom this feat would not have been possible, and promises to continue making U, the customers, smile through these hard times.
 
Ufone is an Etisalat Group Company with its presence in all the major cities of Pakistan along with a comprehensive coverage across all major towns, villages and tehsil headquarters of the country. The company employs more than 3,850 people and operates with a network of more than 375 franchises and 26 company-owned customer service centers along with a distribution network of 150,000 outlets nationwide.

Mr. Steve Han, General Manager Samsung, Mr. Roy Chang (Samsung), Mr. Zeshan (Samsung), Mr. Danish Haroon (Teletec) at Samsung Mobile phone Customer Service Plaza Opening at Gulshan e Iqbal Karachi .

“Our sympathies are extended to the people affected by these natural disasters” said Karen Tandy, senior vice president, public affairs, Motorola. “This donation is an example of Motorola’s continued commitment to humanitarian relief throughout the world.”

Other than the donation from Motorola Foundation, employees in Pakistan have also contributed meaningfully towards relief activities for flood survivors. Motorola Pakistan has supplied food and other staple items including medicines worth US$14,600 through rescue teams in different areas of Punjab and Khayber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

Earlier this year, the Motorola Foundation provided a US$100,000 grant to CARE to support the Community-Based Education for Girls Project in Pakistan. The project will expand access to quality education for girls in rural northwest Pakistan.

Mobilink – a part of Orascom Telecom Holding, presented the 6 lucky winners of the Jazz “Zabardast Recharge Offer” with three 1,800 cc cars and three air-tickets to any global destination of their choice.

Mobilink Jazz, Pakistan’s premier prepaid brand with more than 30 million users, launched the Zabardast Recharge Offer in June 2010 to offer the opportunity to win thousands of free minutes and free SMS bundles to its customers. Continuing its tradition to share the fruit of success with the consumers, the attractive offer included a lucky draw where the winners could get high-valued prizes including 1800 cc cars and air tickets to any global destination. The offer concluded earlier this month.

The winners of 1,800 cc cars were Rizwan Anjum from Khanewal, Muhammad Ihsan ul Haq from Rahim Yar Khan and Ashfaque Ahmed from Mehrab pur. The winners of air-tickets to any destination of choice included Abdul Hanan Khan from Narowal, Sifat Allah from Lahore and Farooq Ahmed from Karachi. The prizes were handed over to the winners in ceremonies held in Lahore and Karachi.

Irfan Akram, Vice President Customer Care, Mobilink, “We are delighted to have made a positive contribution in the lives of our customers. Our cutting-edge, services and unmatched offers are winning the hearts of more and more Pakistanis making the largest cellular family in Pakistan bigger and closer every day. We will continue to reward our customers for their trust through exciting promotions and offers.”

Ihsan ul Haq, receiving the car keys from Irfan Akram shared that,

“This is really an exciting moment for me and all of us winners. My family is thrilled too. Mobilink Jazz has truly fulfilled its promise of Apna hai.”

Tameer Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan made another addition to the bouquet of easypaisa services with the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ in collaboration with Xpress Money, UK. This service adds on to the existing domestic remittance service Money Transfer by providing international home remittances receiving facility in Pakistan.

The latest easypaisa service can be availed by anyone with a valid CNIC irrespective of any mobile operator or bank affiliation through all Sales and Service Centers and Franchises of Telenor Pakistan and all branches of Tameer Microfinance Bank.

Vice President Financial Services Telenor Pakistan, Roar Bjaerum, announced the launch of ‘International Home Transfer’ service and shared,

Lack of financial infrastructure in many areas of Pakistan makes the process of receiving international remittances sent by loved ones abroad cumbersome. easypaisa International Home Transfer is meant to facilitate bridging this gap. At the same time, this service is part of our vision to offer wider range of financial services to increase financial inclusion in Pakistan.

Speaking at the launch of International Home Transfer, the Chief Executive Officer Tameer Microfinance Bank, Nadeem Hussain said,

The regular stream of new additions in the easypaisa portfolio displays regulators confidence in the reliability and performance of the solution. This new service offers all the benefits of any conventional remittance service. We are making quick progress towards offering new services providing additional benefits to the customers.

The senders of funds from abroad can transfer the money through the wide network of Xpress agents present in more than 80 countries including United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. A transaction ID will be generated on sending the amount which, along with the CNIC, are required to claim the funds through all Telenor Pakistan Sale & Service Centers, Franchises and Tameer Microfinance Bank outlets.

International remittances can play a valuable role in providing foreign exchange, but more importantly, also offer significant potential to support incomes of poor and vulnerable groups. Tameer Bank has been given a member status of Pakistan Remittances Initiative (PRI).

PRI is a joint initiative of State Bank of Pakistan, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Ministry of Finance aimed at increasing the inflow of remittances through legal channels. Keeping in mind the importance of international remittances to Pakistan’s economy, the International Home Transfer service is being offered without any charges.

Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Microfinance Bank’s easypaisa International Home Transfer Service will extend its relationships to more transfer agents in addition to Xpress Money in the futur

Another utility app; “MyMirror” – turns the phone into a mirror using the camera device, this was featured at No. 7 on the list, while entertainment programs filled out the rest of the field. The top 10 apps for the Wave were: Need for SpeedTM Shift (games), Illusions (entertainment), SouthAfrica2010 (entertainment), Real Football 2010 (games), BatteryLife (productivity), Basketball (entertainment), Shot Gun (entertainment) and Exciting Free kick (games).

The third-most downloaded program, “Illusions” offers visually stimulating puzzles and screenshots. The application named “SouthAfrica2010” gained rapid popularity during the recent football tournament and came at No. 4. The “Free-throw practice” app Basketball was ranked No. 8, while the arcade-style shooting program “Shot-Gun” stood at No. 9. The Auto-racing program “Need for SpeedTMShift” led in the games category, coming at No. 2 on the list. The football game “Exciting Freekick” was at No. 10. Productivity app Battery Life, was ranked No. 6, which calculates remaining battery power, based on factors such as Wi-Fi use, call time, music playing and use of 2G or 3G Internet connections.

The General-Manager, Samsung Pakistan, Mr. Steve Han said, “The response to Samsung Apps has been tremendous in our target markets, mainly due to the popularity of utility and entertainment apps. The days of using a phone just for talking are long gone — functionality is the key now. With Samsung Apps, we aim to fill the need for functionality for all Samsung customers. New customers are also attracted through fresh and unique applications. We’re excited with what the future holds for Samsung Apps.”

The Samsung Apps was created in September 2009 to deliver a dedicated online application destination, for Samsung smart phone users. Today the size of this Applications Store has more than tripled, in most European and Asian markets — It now offers a multitude of new applications, including games, social networking, e-books and health-related tools. Samsung Apps was created and managed by Samsung’s Media Solutions Center (MSC), which is also responsible for bada platform development, Social Hub and various other contents.

This Ramadan, Mobilink Jazz launches  “Ramadan kay Paigham” – a special SMS offer for its customers during Ramadan. With Ramadan kay Paigham offer, Jazz customers can send unlimited SMS to any network in Pakistan between Sehri and Iftar.

Jazz customers can subscribe to this special “Ramadan kay Paigham” SMS offer by dialing *106*1#.

Terms & Conditions:

• This offer is valid between 0300 – 1900 hours
• The validity of SMS will be 1 day
• · Charges of Rs. 1.99+tax/day apply
• The offer is valid till September 8th, 2010
• Fair usage policy applies i.e. the number of SMS will be 500
• The offer is available to all prepaid customer on all tariff plans

A short code “1234” has been activated by all the cellular mobile operators and users can send SMS to “1234” by writing “Fund”.

Under the plan, Rs.10/- would be charged excluding taxes for contributing to “Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund 2010” for the flood affected people.

The amount collected by generating these SMSs would be deposited with the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund for which a special account has been opened with National Bank of Pakistan (Account No.898989).

The PTA has appealed to the public to send maximum number of SMSs to help the flood affected people in this hour of need.

GCU Registrar Shahibzada Faisal Khursheed, EFT Executive Committee Professor Khalid Manzoor Butt and Warid officials were also present.

Addessing the ceremony, Dr Khalid Perviaz said the world over universities have come forward by establishing their endowment funds with the help of their old students and corporate sector. “Harvard University has an endowment fund of $25.474 billion, Yale has $15.225 billion and a small university like the University of Virginia has endowment fund of $3.219 billion,” he added. However, he said, the GCU is the only public sector university in Pakistan, which has an active endowment fund giving scholarships to deserving students.

Briefing the Warid officials about GCU EFT lifetime scholarship schemes, Prof. Butt said that they had initiated 23 lifetime scholarships for deserving students which include 11 golden and 12 sliver scholarships. “A golden scholarship covers the university fee as well as hostel expenses of a deserving student, while a sliver scholarship covers the university fee only,” he added.

He said, the scholarships initiated on the special directions of GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab are given to GCU students on merit every year, and the scholarships are named after those people who donate money for them. The Warid officials appreciated the EFT perpetual scholarship schemes.

Superior Group of Colleges signs Warid Telecom as their cellular communication partner. The signing of this agreement took place this Monday at Royal Palm, Golf and Country Club. Warid will now serve Superior Group of colleges with all its communication needs including Blackberry services for all its management, staff members and students across 13 campuses.

Mr. Muneer Farooqui, CEO Warid Telecom while giving comments on signing occasion said ”Superior Group of Colleges is an international standard institution in Pakistan and it is a privilege to serve the communication needs of such an esteemed educational institution. We believe in service excellence and we are determined to continuously bring best of breed communication solutions to optimally serve businesses and individuals alike. I am sure we will best serve Superior Group of Colleges as a total telecom service provider. I wish our business relationship to grow and flourish in years to come, Insha Allah.”

‘Warid is a matchless cellular service’ said Prof. Dr. Ch. Abdul Rehman, Rector Superior Group of Colleges. While explaining on choosing Warid as their cellular communication partner he added “Warid is broadly admired by its superior network, transparency and innovation and mainly It’s the customer experience and service reliability that makes Warid uniquely distinguish. Our partnership with Pakistan’s premium cellular service will enable our Management, Staff members and students experience the exceptional cellular and blackberry services by Warid. ‘Facilitating Superior Human Beings’ is our vision and communication is perhaps the only solution. We have never compromised on quality education and true professionalism and our partnership with Warid Telecom would certainly benefit our wide cellular communication needs. I wish our relationship bond with Warid Telecom may fortify”

With this partnership Warid Telecom also attains exclusive branding rights for all 13 campuses of Superior Group of Colleges. Warid Telecom is also sponsoring a swimming pool for Superior university, main campus, Raiwind Road.

This partnership will benefit members and students of Superior group of colleges to avail Warid’s pocket friendly postpaid packages with crystal clear/uninterrupted voice quality through best cellular network that covers over 530 major cities of Pakistan.

Warid also offers Pakistan’s largest Edge/GPRS and BlackBerry Roaming coverage. Leading the market with customized products and services, Warid offers a product portfolio of over 50 value added services based on IVR, SMS, GPRS and MMS platforms. Warid has International Roaming Partnership with 240 live operators in more than 145 countries with many other innovative products to offer such as SMS Roaming, Safe Arrival SMS, WiFi Roaming, In-Flight Roaming and Maritime Roaming which allow its customers to stay connected to home, whether they travel by sea, air or land.

After the grand success of SMS Khazana Part I and Part II, Mobilink has brought for its valued customers “Jazz SMS Eid Khazana” which promises loads of cash prizes. With Ramadan just around the corner, Mobilink Jazz is once again giving all its customers a chance to win daily and weekly cash prizes and double their Eid celebrations with loved ones.

The Jazz SMS Eid Khazana campaign has begun since August 4th and will continue for 36 days ending on September 8th.

Just send a blank SMS to 5555 and you can win Rs.75,000 daily, Rs. 600,000 weekly or even get a chance to win the grand prize of Rs. 1,200,000!

How to Participate:

Step 1:

The participant will send “JK” or “R” to 5555 to enter the contest. The users can send in any other key words or blank message to 5555. It will be accepted as well.

Step 2:
The participant will receive a Ringtone along with a welcome SMS.

Step 3:

The quiz mechanism consists of multiple choice questions where participants should answer in order to gather points and increase their possibilities to become a winner. All points will be accumulated during the campaign for the final draw/grand prize.

• Every correct answer awards 100 points for the prizes
• Every incorrect answer awards 50 points
• Every invalid answer gives 50 points
• Various bonus mechanisms give the chance to the participant to win more points

Step 4
The participant will send the answer he/she believes is the correct in order to gain points. Once answered, user is notified if the answer was correct or incorrect. In case the user does not respond or responds with reply other than 1 or 2, he/she gets the invalid reply message (message will be sent after 45 minutes).

Terms & Conditions:

• Daily prizes will be delivered within 15 working days, weekly within 20 working days & grand prize within 1 month of the lucky draw. (Note: Due to operational process the above mentioned prize delivery time may take longer)
• One particular user cannot win two similar cash prizes during the campaign. For example, same customer cannot win daily or weekly prize twice. However the customer will be eligible for Grand Prize lucky draw of PKR 1,200,000 at the end of the campaign with all accumulated points.
• All applicable Govt taxes will be deducted from the prize money before handing over the prize amount to the winner.
• The SIM should be registered in the name of the prize claimer.
• Indigo users can also participate in the campaign.
• In case of postpaid connection, until & unless all the dues are cleared, prize money will not be handed over to the winner.
• Mobilink’s decision will be deemed final in case of any dispute
• Mobilink Employees, their immediate family members & first blood relatives, Mobilink Franchise & dealers are not eligible to participate in this campaign.
• The website will be updated every 3 days with the names of lucky winners for SMS Khazana. Keep visiting for updates.